Curtain ring



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1-.

I J. DAY.

GURTAIN RING.

N.397,419. P t t dF b. 5 1889.

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J. DAY.

CURTAIN RING. v 7 No. 397,419. Patented Feb. 5, 1889.

WITNESSES: IIVI/ENTOR ATTOHNEYJ' UNITED STATES PATENT JOHN DAY, OF NEXVYORK, N. Y.

CURTAIN-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Yatent No. 397,419, dated February5, 1889.

Application filed October 17, 1888. Serial No. 288,326. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN DAY, a resident ot New York, N. Y., haveinvented an Improved Curtain-Ring, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved curtain-ring thatwill slide easily on the curtain-pole when the curtains are drawn aside.

The invention consists in a cnirtain-ring having recesses on its innerside to receive rollers, combined with a curved wire and with balls orrollers aligned with said recesses, through which balls or rollers saidwire passes, the ends of said wire being sprung into holes in thecurtain-ring, the middle part of said wire being securely held to thecurtain-ring.

The invention further consists in the details of improvement and thecombinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formi ng part ofthis specitieatitm, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of acurtain-pole, showing my improved curtain-rings in position, one of saidrings on the line 0 c, Fig. 2. Fig. is a side view of my improvedcurtain-ring in position on a pole. Fig. 3 is a detail inside view of aportion of said ring. Fig. -t is a vertical. section on the line 7; 7:,Fig. 5, of a modification; and Fig. 5 a side view thereof. Fig. 6 is aside view of another modification. Fig. 7 is a vertical section on theline 0 c, Fig. (3, of said modification. Fig. 8 is a detail inside viewof a portion of the ring shown in Fig. (3. Fig. 9 is a side view ofstill another modification; and Fig. 10 is a vertical section of thesame on the line 7a 7;, Fig. 0.

In the accompanying drz'twings, tholctter A represents a curtain-pole,and B is my improved curtain-ring, that is adapted to be placed uponsaid pole, to have movement along the pole and to support curtains inthe ordi nary manner. The ring B in the drawings is shown in the form ofa hollow ring; but it may be otherwise suitably constructed.

a are recesses on the inner side of the ring B.

E are balls or rollers that are carried on the being in section l innersido oi the curtainring B and are adapted to rest upon the curtain-poleA, as shown in the drawings. These balls or rollers are carried by thecurtain-ring B in line with the recesses (1, and are supported upon thering 13 by a wire, F, that extends along the inner side or within thehollow of the hollow ring 3 and that passes through said rollers, asclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The free ends of the wire F are bentoutward at Z) and are sprung into holes (I on the inner side of the ringB, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, so that the wire F will be held to thering at its ends.

In order to securely hold the middle portion. of the wire F to the ringB, I form the middle part of said wire into an eye or loop, 6, which isturned at a right angle to the length of the wire, as clearly shown inFig. 1. This eye or loop 6 enters a slot, f, on the inner side of thering B-that is, between the two recesses CI. The slot f is of suchdimensions as to permit the eye or loop 6 to pass through it when thewire F is held at right angles to its normal position, but when saidwire is turned into its proper position prevents its being withdrawn.

In applying my improvements to a curtainring, the wire F, having theballs or rollers E attached, is passed partially through the ring, itsfree ends extending on either side of the ring 13, shown in dotted linesin Fig. 1. The eye c then passed through the slot f in the ring B, andthe wire F turned into the position shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and2, whereby the eye 6 will be turned so as to be brought at right anglesto the slot f, and thus be prevented from bein drawn out of the slotf.The balls or rollers E are then brought in line with the recesses a, andthe ends I) of the wire F are sprung into the holes (1 in thecurtainring. By this means the balls or rollers E are securely attachedto the curtain-ring in a very simple manner. The spring tendency of thewire F will hold the ends Z) in the holes d, and also hold the balls orrollers 'E in their proper position in the recesses (1/.

hen my improved curtain-ring is placed upon a pole and the ring movedalong the pole by the movement of the curtain it supports or otherwise,the ring will ride freely along the pole by running on the balls orrollers E.

By this means the jamming of the curtainrings upon the pole when saidrings are moved along the pole is overcome.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5'the middle portion of the wire F issecured to a curtain-ring by means of solder, g, its ends I) beingsprung into the holes (I in the curtainring, as before shown.

In the modifications shown in Figs. (3, T, and S the ends 1) of the wireF are sprung into holes (I, as before shown, while the middle portion ofthe wire is held from lateral movement by means of two projecting lips,7:, formed on the ring, said lips leaving between them a slot, f,between which lips and through which slot said wire passes, as clearlyshown in Fig. '7. These lips are formed by cutting slits on the innerside ol the ring B, between the recesses a, for the rollers E, and thenbending the metal left by said slits, as in Fig. 7.

In the modification shown in Figs. 9 and 10 the middle portion of thewire F is bent somewhat in a V shape, e, instead of in a loop, as inFig. 1. This ti-shape bend c of the wire F is passed into a slot, f, onthe innerside of the curtain-ring B, whereby lateral movement of thewire F is prevented.

The ends b of the 1 wire F are sprung into holes (I, as before shown. Inall the above modifications the balls or rollers E are carried by thewire F and in line with the recesses a, as described in reference toFigs. 1 and 2.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is 1 The cu rtain-ringB, having recesses a and holes (I, combined with the curved wire F andwith the rollers E, through which said wire passes, said rollers beingaligned with the recesses u, the free ends of the wire F being sprunginto the holes d in the ring B, the middle portion of the wire F beingrigidly held to the ring B, substantially as described.

The ring B, having recesses a, holes (I, and slot f on its inner side,combined with the curved wire F, said wire having the eye or bend (a,that enters the slot f, the free ends of the wire F being sprung intothe holes (1, and with the rollers E, through which the wire F passes,said rollers being aligned with the recesses a and held upon the ring Bby the wire F, substantially as described.

JOHN DAY.

\Vitnesses:

J. W. 'PRENTICE, JOHN A. CONDON.

